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Well, there is a reason why I chose to work in Batu Kawan area. More than a year ago, Pastor Matthew, Kai Seng and myself shared a vision to start a ministry in Batu Kawan. One door after another was opened for us, and many other doors closed. It is a vision that we can begin a Bible Study Cell Group which, with hopes and prayers, will eventually grow into a church in Batu Kawan & Simpang Ampat area. But the question that lingers: how can we do it? It began with our church Deacon, Mr. Ng offering me to stay at his new house in Taman Tasik Mutiara For the past month I had been extremely worked up and worried. "Where do I find the money to furnish the house? What should we do? What do I need? How do I clean such a big house by myself?" Honestly, I did not expect myself to learn so much about ministry. Ministries belong to God I believe all ministries should begin with this realization: that ministry is inspired by God, initiated by God, moved by God and e...

It's been exactly 3 months and 4 days since I started work. Well truthfully, I probably only worked for about two and a half months because of that two-week long Christmas holiday. Nonetheless, by God's wonderful grace I have walked through a quarter of a year. There is so much I've learn about life, about myself and about God. This post intends to record the things that I have learned. I have learned to delay gratification Starting my working life away from home means I have to build my life from scratch. With a limited budget to spend, I realise cannot be as financially irresponsible as I have used to be. I have learned to distinguish my needs and my desires. In order to fulfill my needs, I must put on hold whatever luxury that I cannot afford to have. This is something really difficult but it really taught me to have self-control and to be long-suffering. I must remind myself that the temporal pain of not gratifying myself now is to gain a greater, longer lasting ...